// For flags

CVE-2024-28870

Suricata uses excessive resource use in malformed ssh traffic parsing

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine developed by the OISF and the Suricata community. When parsing an overly long SSH banner, Suricata can use excessive CPU resources, as well as cause excessive logging volume in alert records. This issue has been patched in versions 6.0.17 and 7.0.4.

Suricata es un sistema de detección de intrusiones de red, un sistema de prevención de intrusiones y un motor de monitorización de seguridad de red desarrollado por OISF y la comunidad de Suricata. Al analizar un banner SSH demasiado largo, Suricata puede utilizar recursos excesivos de la CPU, así como provocar un volumen de registro excesivo en los registros de alerta. Este problema se solucionó en las versiones 6.0.17 y 7.0.4.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-03-11 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-03-20 CVE Published
  • 2024-04-04 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CAPEC
References (1)
URL Tag Source
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-mhhx-xw7r-r5c8 X_refsource_confirm
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
OISF
Search vendor "OISF"
 Suricata
Search vendor "OISF" for product "Suricata"
 <= 6.0.16
Search vendor "OISF" for product "Suricata" and version " <= 6.0.16"
en
Affected
OISF
Search vendor "OISF"
 Suricata
Search vendor "OISF" for product "Suricata"
 >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.3
Search vendor "OISF" for product "Suricata" and version " >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.3"
en
Affected